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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11263
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14044
13 Actual Demand 10969
14 Aggregate Planning 11884
15 Air Cargo 9808
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6415
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34531
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15191
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18886
20 Assembly Line 21514
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22649
22 Average Speed of Answer 26356
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22648
24 Batch Production 37625
25 Bill Discounting 14123
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10812
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6915
28 Blanket Release 9753
29 Bonded Warehouse 9848
30 Booking Number 13410
31 Bottleneck 9225
32 Buffer Stock 58322
33 Build to Stock 12714
34 Bullwhip Effect 9286
35 Business Logistics 25101
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12319
37 Capacity Management 39546
38 Capacity Utilization 13774
39 Capital Intensive 8098
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8379
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11842
42 Certified Supplier 8809
43 Channel Effectiveness 8774
44 Co-Destiny 9045
45 Co-managed Inventory 12205
46 Co-Packers 11553
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6617
48 Computer-Based Training 7495
49 Consular Invoice 19336
50 Container Depot 10362
51 Container Freight Station 10127
52 Continuous Replenishment 19202
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11823
54 Contract Carrier 7203
55 Contract of Affreightment 11189
56 Control Charts 7760
57 Cost Flow 10069
58 Courier Service 14874
59 CPFR 8009
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11535
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43372
62 Date Code 17758
63 Days of Supply 19494
64 Dead on Arrival 8941
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7088
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7871
67 Detective Control 8696
68 Devanning 13998
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10608
70 Dispatching 23674
71 Distributed Inventory 8171
72 Distribution Channel Management 34089
73 Distribution Metrics 8731
74 Distribution Planning 23918
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14871
76 Double Marginalization 52230
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22005
78 Dual 5276
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20310
80 Echelon Inventory 25875
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37969
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48909
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7418
84 Efficient Frontier 24996
85 Engineer-to-Order 31280
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15978
87 Erlang B Formula 9110
88 ETD 8099
89 Ex Works 7679
90 Exception Rate 13164
91 Exponential smoothing 9620
92 External Growth 9835
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9219
94 Field Services 7588
95 Field Warehouse 9698
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8450
97 Fishbone Diagram 14317
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26553
99 Flow Through Distribution 12061
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7936
101 FOB Destination 12697
102 Forward buying 29739
103 Freight Charge 10110
104 Freight Consolidation 7335
105 Gantt Chart 8122
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11439
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29204
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12439
109 Hub 23071
110 Idle Time 7875
 
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